diff --git a/Documentation/mkfs.btrfs.asciidoc b/Documentation/mkfs.btrfs.asciidoc
index 153bb87e..2a1c3592 100644
--- a/Documentation/mkfs.btrfs.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/mkfs.btrfs.asciidoc
@@ -100,18 +100,21 @@ Please see the mount option 'discard' for that in `btrfs`(5).
 
 *-r|--rootdir <rootdir>*::
 Populate the toplevel subvolume with files from 'rootdir'.  This does not
-require root permissions and does not mount the filesystem.
+require root permissions to write the new files or to mount the filesystem.
 +
-NOTE: This option may enlarge the image or file to ensure it's large enough to
-contain the files from 'rootdir'.
+NOTE: This option may enlarge the image or file to ensure it's big enough to
+contain the files from 'rootdir'. Since version 4.14.1 the filesystem size is
+not minimized. Please see option '--shrink' if you need that functionality.
 
-*--shrink*:
-Shrink the filesystem to its minimal size, only works with *-r|--rootdir*
-option.
+*--shrink*::
+Shrink the filesystem to its minimal size, only works with '--rootdir' option.
 +
-NOTE: If the destination is regular file, this option will also reduce the
-file size. Or it will only reduce the filesystem available space.
-Extra space will not be usable unless resized using 'btrfs filesystem resize'.
+If the destination is a regular file, this option will also truncate the
+file to the minimal size. Otherwise it will reduce the filesystem available
+space.  Extra space will not be usable unless the filesystem is mounted and
+resized using 'btrfs filesystem resize'.
++
+NOTE: prior to version 4.14.1, the shrinking was done automatically.
 
 *-O|--features <feature1>[,<feature2>...]*::
 A list of filesystem features turned on at mkfs time. Not all features are
diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
index d1b687d3..1a3852e4 100644
--- a/mkfs/main.c
+++ b/mkfs/main.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static void print_usage(int ret)
 	printf("  creation:\n");
 	printf("\t-b|--byte-count SIZE    set filesystem size to SIZE (on the first device)\n");
 	printf("\t-r|--rootdir DIR        copy files from DIR to the image root directory\n");
+	printf("\t--shrink                (with --rootdir) shrink the filled filesystem to minimal size\n");
 	printf("\t-K|--nodiscard          do not perform whole device TRIM\n");
 	printf("\t-f|--force              force overwrite of existing filesystem\n");
 	printf("  general:\n");